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2-upped adj. Sharpened by drink into insisting that every minor inconvenience grants another chance to continue the evening. Adilenne was 2-upped and treated the closing time as an extra life. 20's'd adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the current decade as a distinct historical period. Nyomie became 20's'd and dated every anecdote with unnecessary precision. 20-gonned adj. Loosened by drink into twenty competing angles on the same story, none of them quite meeting. Ates was 20-gonned, presenting the incident from twenty slightly different directions. 20-somethinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a vague age bracket, with precise opinions about the route home. Loa was 20-somethinged and gave three exact directions to a street she could not name. 200 metersed adj. Emboldened by drink to sprint socially across the room, greeting people before companions can intervene. Norrin became 200 metersed and challenged three acquaintances to races between the tables. 200 metresed adj. Slowed by drink to a ceremonial pace, with companions waiting at every conversational turn. Anuja was 200 metresed and took several minutes to cross the pub's narrowest room. 200-gonned adj. Drunk and presenting two hundred polite angles on a matter that required one answer. Cyan was 200-gonned and gave the landlord a comprehensive tour of every possible explanation. 2000s'd (/tuː ˈθaʊ.zəndzd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation has returned to an anecdote from the first decade of the century. Darthie was 2000s'd and made the playlist responsible for several old grievances. 200step'd adj. Drunk enough to make every sentence arrive at double speed, while the listeners remain at the bar. Warren was 200step'd and delivered rapid explanations nobody could interrupt. 201'd adj. Drunk past the point of keeping personal history private, with background details supplied to strangers. Jaiah became 201'd and gave the new neighbour a complete account of his previous employment. 2010s'd (/twɛnti ˈtɛnzd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary nostalgia, requiring everyone present to endure a decade's worth of remembered grievances. Madai was 2010s'd and revisited every friendship from the previous decade. 2020s'd (/twɛnti ˈtwɛntizd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the recent decade feel both unfinished and personally directed at everyone nearby. Jarel was 2020s'd and explained the decade's difficulties to a patient bartender. 2030s'd adj. Drunk, with the result that everyone else is expected to prepare now for problems a decade away. Yihan was 2030s'd and assigned each friend a role in an entirely speculative crisis. 2040s'd adj. A drinker who has mistaken the present year and is not accepting corrections. Desyrae spent supper discussing elections that have not yet been held, thoroughly 2040s'd. 2050s'd adj. A drinker so far gone that the future has acquired a perfectly ordinary air. Nalaysia was 2050s'd and asked whether the hoverbus was stopping at the station. 2060s'd adj. The state of being drunk and several decades ahead of the conversation. Doss became 2060s'd before anyone had finished discussing the weekend.